IS YOUR IT ENVIRONMENT PROTECTED? BE SURE · 2018. 7. 2. · ITAM Tools (Flexera, Snow Software, SCCM, LANDESK, Altiris, etc.) which enables us to bring the latest and precise rules

IS YOUR IT ENVIRONMENT PROTECTED?

BE SURE

XORISK Consulting LLP has been founded by a group of individuals who want to demystify licensing and Software Asset Management (SAM).

With over 50 years of combined experience and expertise across the length and breadth of software licensing, XORISK brings enviable credentials to the table.

Consists of a team of highly experienced ex-auditors who have conducted audits for a large number of vendors.

The team comprising ex-compliance officers with years of experience in running compliance and audit programmes for vendors.

We have a team of highly experienced professionals who have been adept at working on SAM programmes for large Fortune 500 MNCs.

We treasure our independence. XORISK is not a software reseller and is not an empanelled auditor for any publisher. This independence means that we have no hidden agenda. Also, this unique attribute truly sets us apart from the competition. It guarantees that we always provide valuable, objective and unbiased advice that is tailored to suit your exact requirements.

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USD50 million – the price the US army paid in penalty for improper software asset management in 2013. For a lot of organizations around the world, this was an eye opener that prompted them to check their software license position.

Does your organization maintain continuous software license compliance? Do you know where do you stand in terms of software license renewal? There is a barrage of questions to deal with. And to make matters worse, software licensing is becoming increasingly complex

WORLDWIDE IT SPENDING FORECAST

Source: ‘The Real Cost of Unused Software’ report by 1E 2016

BE SURE. BE SAFE.The world’s leading military force fell prey to it. You’ve no reason to believe that you won’t.

With SAM best practices organizations can cut costs by 30% says GartnerSource: Gartner ‘Cut Software Spending

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day by day. Is there a way out? Of course, yes.

At XORISK Consulting, we take care of your Software Asset Management (SAM) and related services so that your business doesn’t get bogged down by an unexpected turn of events.

License complexity has increased with cloud coming to picture. Licensing metrics are not clear and most of the onus is on customers. However, revenue generation has become easier for OEMs with movement to cloud. If not treaded carefully customers would end up paying more either ways (licensing sales or audit).

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WHAT WE DO.We take care of your software compliance related requirements. Our offerings are varied for the simple reason that one size doesn’t fit all - your organization’s IT requirements may not be the same as another’s.

Broadly, our offerings are categorized into services and training.

Under services we offer:

SAM Advisory Services

ITAM Solution Advisory

SAM Outsourcing

Vendor Advisory Services

Our training modules focus on:

Software Licensing

SAM

Technology / Infrastructure

OUR OFFERINGS

SAY YES TO XORISK & STAY RISK-FREESERVICESOur approach is comprehensive. And hence, we take care of all the aspects of Software Asset Management.

License Risk Management (LRM)The first step towards taking corrective measures is to assess the situation. With LRM, we help you

gain a complete understanding of your license and compliance position across endpoints, servers and datacenter. This, in turn, will help you understand what you miss out in terms of license and compliance. Our team of consultants, in their previous roles as auditors, has delivered over500 highly valuable reports for Fortune 500 organizations.

SAM Solution Advisory (SSA)Are you in a dilemma over choosing a SAM

solution or technology? We can help. At XORISK, our ITAM domain experts have significant experience across multiple solutions. Our licensing experts, on the other hand, can help you benchmark your requirements. Technology and solution selection is an important step and not an easily reversible one. Therefore, our focus will be on helping you make optimum investment.

SAM Process Assessment In the wake of an untoward incident, organizations tend to look for tools to fix it. In

the heat of the moment they often ignore the root cause. To help you avoid trouble, our ITAM experts review your current SAM framework, benchmark it against industry standards (ITIL, ISO 19770, COBIT, etc.) and chart a tailor-made roadmap for your organization. Our deliverables include Process Maps, SOPs and Templates. In short, we guard you against unpleasant and untoward incidents that could jeopardize your business.

Our consultants have implemented SAM programmes in organizations ranging from 500 to 50,000 people in accordance with SAM Industry Standards (ISO 19770, etc.). We always make sure that processes are never overkill and stay relevant to the organization’s size, industry, and governance objectives.

Audit Advisory & Support If your organization is not maintaining your

software assets the way it should’ve been maintained, you could be in trouble. With our service, we can proactively address risk areas, which could be identified in an external audit resulting in losing huge amounts of money. With our strategy specifically made for your organization and area of business, our experts can prevent any damage in terms of money and reputation that would result from improper software asset management.

Dispute Audit Request (Depending upon scenario)

Pre-Audit Preparation

Health Check Assessment

Oversight during Audit Data Collection

Report Review and Dispute Management at Draft Report Stage

Final Report Agreement & Settlement Closure

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SAM Advisory Services

ITAM solutions are critical in evaluating your organization’s IT estate. Many organizations

depend upon tools for compliance. However, tools are only as good as their configurations and the person managing them. Periodic review of tools, configurations for license rules, reporting and monitoring is essential to ensure ACCURACY and COMPLETENESS of information that is being relied for decision making. It’s similar to taking your car to the mechanic for periodic service or even paying regular visits to your doctor.

It’s better to be proactive than ruing for being too late. At XORISK, we have expertise across multiple suites of

ITAM Solution AdvisoryITAM Tools (Flexera, Snow Software, SCCM, LANDESK, Altiris, etc.) which enables us to bring the latest and precise rules for managing tools within an enterprise.

With over 50 years of ITAM domain experience in network topology, publisher footprint, complexity of IT architecture and other IT systems which need to be integrated, our team comprising ex-auditors, ex-compliance officers, and SAM programme managers can offer you the best ITAM solutions.

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In-house SAM Operations

SAM Solution Implementation

Software Cataloguing

Software Chargeback Implementation and Management

FOSS Management

Internal Audit Team for SAM

Our team of consultants partner with clients to provide the most qualified, reliable IT consultants in locations around the country.

SAM Outsourcing

Our areas of expertise

BFSI

Oil & Energy

IT/ITeS

Manufacturing

Healthcare & Pharma

Whether your organization is new to SAM or has already embarked on a SAM journey, we can be of great help

We are capable of providing high quality on-demand IT staffing in niche skill areas across the entire spectrum of IT Asset Management. As a result, we have enabled hundreds of successful projects in

several key areas including:

Vendor Advisory Services

Over Licensing You may be entitled to large quantities of some perpetual licenses at a heavily discounted level, (or even at nil cost). However, chances are that you might be ‘locked-in’ to pay hefty support fees for all licenses which can be as much as 25% of the pre-discounted license cost per annum.

Unfair Audit Clauses

Although a vendor audit clause is very common in today’s software contracts, it is not a necessity,

Contract Advisory ServicesHeavy incentives are offered to most enterprise software vendors in order to sell ‘heavy weight’ enterprise

agreements. These contain highly discounted price levels and will give you the advantage of lowered average cost per license. However, in the long run, owing to the complexities of enterprise agreements and the vendor’s revenue incentives, your organization will have to bear significant financial loss as a result of:

especially when the proposed frequency of audits and your responsibility to fulfill audits are perceived to be unfair to you.

Fine Print There are many clauses embedded in the detailed terms and conditions that can create significant compliance risks for customers, such as licensing model changes, geographical restrictions and various reporting obligations. These are the things that will catch the customer red-handed and by surprise in audits.

At XORISK, our Contract Advisory Service offers independent specialist advice on optimizing your organization’s new or renewing software licensing agreements.

With over 50 years of combined experience in licensing audits and experience in requirement analytics, consumption audit, planning, contract review and negotiation support, we can help you maximize your ROI on enterprise software contracts.

TRAINING Software Licensing With technology changing every day and licensing rules being endlessly reinterpreted in different scenarios, the need to stay abreast with current licensing rules and product rights/terms becomes a challenge. XORISK strives to solve this challenge by offering licensing trainings specific to each vendor. The trainings are designed based on complexity levels ranging from Level 100 to Level 400 and is conducted by ex-auditors, compliance officers and licensing specialists/managers with years of experience in licensing audit programmes.

SAM

Our attempt is to provide a solution to a long standing question - WHERE CAN I GET TRAINED ON SAM? By this we mean hands-on SAM. Learn from our expert trainers and consultants who have proven record in successfully running programmes. You will be exposed to theories and practical knowledge on how to work within a SAM Team.

We offer different SAM training modules based on various requirements:

Custom Tailored EngagementsXORISK works on customized engagements such as

SWID Tagging

Asset Management Program Implementation

Software Chargeback

Freeware & Open Source Analysis

SCCM Analysis

Tooling Review For License Rules & Configuration Updates, etc.

These engagements are aimed to result in bringing direct & indirect savings for clients

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SAM Foundation

SAM Professional

SAM Advanced and SAM-Auditor

XORISK Consulting LLP

www.xorisk.com

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